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ood New

s Publishers. Printed in U.S.A

. Illustrations by David LaPlaca.

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Sarah and Jacob stood by the window, watching. They could

hardly wait for Daddy to get home from work.

Today was the day he had promised to help them

make a jack-o-lantern. At 5:30 on the dot, Daddy’s car pulled into the driveway. “Are you guys ready to go pick out a pumpkin?” he called.

“Hooray!” yelled Jacob. “Let’s go!” cried Sarah, running

out to the car.In a few minutes they arrived

at the biggest pumpkin patch the children had ever

seen. There were hundreds and hun-dreds of pumpkins. Big ones, small ones. Round ones, long ones. Yellow and orange and green. Sarah and Jacob walked up and down every row, searching for just the right pumpkin for their jack-o-lantern. “There—look at that one!” Sarah pointed. It was the roundest, largest, brightest orange pumpkin in the patch. Jacob could hardly get his arms around it.

“I think you found the perfect pumpkin,” Daddy smiled. They carried it back to the car. When they got home, Daddy placed the

pumpkin on the kitchen table. As he began to carve the jack-o-lan-tern, he said, “Do you know that being a Christian is a lot like being a pumpkin?”

“It is?” asked Sarah. Jacob looked puzzled. “What

do you mean?”“Well,” said Daddy, “first God

picks each one of us out of the patch. He chooses us to be His very own. Next, He cleans us from the inside out. He scoops all the yucky

stuff out of our hearts—the sin—

the bad things we say or do. After that, He

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HALLOWEEN

A Pumpkin Tale

Uses the illustration of carving a pumpkin to explain how God can change a child's life.

“Let’s ask Him right now,” said Sarah.

Would you like Jesus to live in your

heart? Would you like God’s light to

shine in you? Just pray, “Dear God, I’m sorry for the bad things I’ve done. Thank You for sending Jesus to take away my sins. Please come into my heart and fill my life with Your light. Help others to see Your love in me. Amen.”

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